GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |